You are mistaken, I'm afraid. ;)
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/a...psi1if96kx.jpg

King and James where the Birks building was

Bingo! Two pointer.

Below is the Canada Life Assurance Building (a.k.a. Birks Building) which replaced the lovely, though simple buildings in the above photo. The Bank of British North America stands to the left. Love the hitching posts along James.
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#4 Where be dis, yo?
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Great find. Even without the street sign, the facades and storefronts give it away.

James and Cannon? I don't remember the name of the church however. I'm not even totally sure because I figure that the Tivoli should be beside it though I suppose that building could have been there as well. The present day strip mall is pretty big...

That's on Catherine between Main and King, right?

Don't think there was ever a church on Catherine there. One side was the old transit terminal (present day terminal towers/crowne hotel) and the other was a commercial building beside the connaught, I believe it had a radio station in it?

edit: unless you're referring to captainkirk's photo. Yeah, thats King and Catherine.

I was talking about the earlier post :P

I forgot that the bank had the red lettering at night.

98 year ago. Note the original Lister building, and 14 James N. under discussion for redevelopment with 10 James. N.

https://scontent-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hp...44118465_o.jpg
Source: Vintage Hamilton

Yes, this church was at James and Cannon but you're off about the Tiv - that's at Wilson.

What stands on this lot now is the 'floating box' that houses the Japanese and Vietnamese restaurants.

Well done.

That lot at James and Cannon would be perfect for the building I posted in the dream development thread:

http://s11.postimg.org/yzukww6wj/waterr.jpg

https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hp...b2&oe=557E35A9
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...17e8d4890c3546

In the end, what we had in Strongman Road would likely have been enough - the Claremont is overkill. Especially when you consider the damage both to the Escarpment and to the Corktown/ Stinson neighbourhoods.